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Food Chain A food chain (or food web) is used to show what eats what in an ecosystem. Use the internet to research examples of food chain diagrams. Can you use the following labelled images to create a food chain diagram for Banksia Woodland? You will find useful information to assist you with this on the following page. Chuditch Dugite Gnweeyark or Carnaby’s BlackCockatoo Wedge-tailed Eagle Noodji or Ash-Grey Mouse Bobtail Skink Spiny Weevil Borer Beetle Tuart Balga or Grasstree Grey Stinkwood Piara or Slender Banksia Native Buttercups Decomposers Western Bearded Dragon Menzies Banksia Food Chain Information Common inhabitants of Banksia Woodland: o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Wedge-tailed Eagle: Top predator. Wedge-tailed Eagles eat carrion as well as medium to large lizards, large birds and mammals. Chuditch: An aggressive predator. Chuditch eat animals up to the size of a chicken, including Noodjis, Bobtail skinks. Dugites, Western Bearded Dragons and baby Carnaby’s BlackCockatoos, if they can reach the nest. Dugite: An efficient predator of small mammals and small and medium-sized lizards, including Noodjis, Bobtail Skinks and Western Bearded Dragons. Noodji: Noodjis are plant eaters and like seeds, flowers and foliage. Bobtail Skink: Bobtails are omnivorous and eat insects, carrion and flowers, fruits and leaves of plants. Western Bearded Dragon: Insects and other moving prey, as well as petals of Native Buttercups, Stinkwood and other brightly coloured native flowers. Slender Banksia: has tall, yellow flower spikes which develop into cones containing large seeds. Menzies Banksia: has large orange-red flower spikes which develop into cones containing large seeds. Spiny Weevil: Larvae and adult Spiny Weevils feed on Grey Stinkwood and Grasstrees. Grey Stinkwood: A sprawling, upright shrub with brightly coloured yellow and orange pea flowers and small seed pods. Borer Beetle: Borer beetle larvae feed inside the wood of Slender Banksias and Tuarts until they are ready to emerge as adult beetles. Decomposers: A range of small invertebrates, fungi and beneficial bacteria which break down dead animal and plant material, releasing nutrients into the soil. Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo: feeds on Menzies Banksia, Slender Banksia, Tuart and Borer Beetle larvae. Native Buttercups: a low shrub with bright yellow flowers. Balga or Grasstree: a distinctive plant with a black trunk topped with long, narrow leaves. Spiny Weevils and other insects feed on its foliage, flowers and sap.